Definitions
What are capacity gaps?
women are less likely than men to have the education, contacts and resources needed to become effective leaders.
What roles are women most underrepresented in?
Define Parity
the state or condition of being equal especially regarding status & pay
Having women leaders in democratic politics offers numerous benefits. Name one mentioned on the final slide
Representation / Role Models / Empowerment / Gender Parity
What does ECLAC stand for?
Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean
What do the UN programs help with?
provide training for women political candidates, and offer and promote gender equality
what is the goal of having quotas and parity in place
any of these are correct:
Bring women's gender-specific qualities into politics & do politics differently
Equal sharing of decision-making & representative power between men & women
Increase in female voting - Place women's issues on the agenda
What movement did Wangari Maathai find
What does Political Presence demand?
Equal representation of women, ethnic groups, and marginalized communities in politics
When did the first wave of Gender policy diffusion occur in Latin America?
In the 1990s
Define gender quotas
Laws that require political parties to nominate a certain % of women into their tickets
what's were the two distinct type of groups during the colonial period
grassroots movements and women's clubs initiated by colonial administrators
What is the universal definition of democracy?
There is no definite answer. (considering that political actors and scholars can not agree on a common definition)
2 incentives to have gender quotas in politics
money, good international image
What was the first debate surrounding democracy, discussed at the beginning of the presentation?
Defining the concept of democracy.
What are the two main approaches to defining democracy?
3 ways male politicians sideline female politician's careers/success
dummy candidates, fail to present enough female candidates, organized dissidence
what was KEWOPA'S main goals
to increase women's participation in parliament